The three essays that make up this volume all deal with the labyrinths of the mind, convoluted lines of reasoning that lead to eccentric and/or dangerous practices. The goal of the book is to present three cases of this; the Nazis brooding upon the idea of "a higher kind of man", a short, literary history of misanthropy and, traits of Jewish identity and self-understanding that often appear as antics. The methodical approach is hermeneutic, relying...
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